Corpus Christi man charged with injury to a child

Javier Trevino, 23, was charged with injury to a child after doctors told his girlfriend her 9-month-old daughter had bleeding on the brain from blunt force trauma in his care, according to a Thursday police brief.

Jessica Villarreal was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about 9 a.m. Wednesday with a large knot on her head and scratches on her face and neck. She was one of four children in Trevino's care at a home in the 1500 block of 10th Street, the brief said.

The baby's injuries were life-threatening, doctors told her mother.

Officers who contacted Trevino at the residence could smell marijuana and saw some on a table in plain view. Trevino gave consent to search, the brief said, and several bags of marijuana were found inside a small safe along with scales.

Trevino is being held at Nueces County Jail on $75,000 bond for injury of a child and is charged with possession of marijuana with a $500 bond, jail official said.